4th Finished Game of 2023
Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair (2016) (Steam)
Fourth game in the Earth Defense Force franchise, I took advantage of the franchise marathon to play again the Steam version, The Shadow of New Despair is the definitive version of Earth Defense Force 2025 originally released for Xbox 360 and PS3.
EDF 4.1 is a remaster of the EDF 2 remake, officially considered the 4th game in the main franchise and second game post-reboot.
Particularly I would opt for the graphics of the Switch version of EDF 3, here they put a lot of reflection and more realistic textures that the game looks like a 'Ultra Realistic Shader' Minecraft.
Other than that, this version surpasses everything done so far, with 4 different classes, 2 totally new classes: Air Raider, support class that can summon aerial bombardment and support vehicles for the team and the Fencer class which is nothing more than a 'Tank' that can use 2 weapons simultaneously. Game has the absurdity of 825 weapons and 147 missions combining online mode and DLCs (89 in the main campaign).
Best entry point for those who want to start with the EDF franchise which, by the way, is where I started, game currently has versions for PS4,Steam and Switch.
Difficulty: 07/10
Total game time: 18h36
Score: 09/10
Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair (2016) (Steam)
Fourth game in the Earth Defense Force franchise, I took advantage of the franchise marathon to play again the Steam version, The Shadow of New Despair is the definitive version of Earth Defense Force 2025 originally released for Xbox 360 and PS3.
EDF 4.1 is a remaster of the EDF 2 remake, officially considered the 4th game in the main franchise and second game post-reboot.
Particularly I would opt for the graphics of the Switch version of EDF 3, here they put a lot of reflection and more realistic textures that the game looks like a 'Ultra Realistic Shader' Minecraft.
Other than that, this version surpasses everything done so far, with 4 different classes, 2 totally new classes: Air Raider, support class that can summon aerial bombardment and support vehicles for the team and the Fencer class which is nothing more than a 'Tank' that can use 2 weapons simultaneously. Game has the absurdity of 825 weapons and 147 missions combining online mode and DLCs (89 in the main campaign).
Best entry point for those who want to start with the EDF franchise which, by the way, is where I started, game currently has versions for PS4,Steam and Switch.
Difficulty: 07/10
Total game time: 18h36
Score: 09/10